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TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

December 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Trauma television: scenes where you look away. The NFL is a hard watch at the beginning of the season because we forget how violent it is. Then we get up to spreed. When injuries happen it’s, “Well that’s football.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: big game, college football, cte, entertainment, football, frozen tundra, history, longevity, national football league, Neil Lomax, next season, NFL, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, special victims unit, SVU, television, television networks, trauma, trauma television, win

High School Football Explained For Better Understanding

September 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

It doesn’t take a genius to understand the risk of playing high school football. But if you need a genius to explain football from top to bottom, ask retired Baltimore Raven John Urschel. He’s enough of a genius. At the old age of twenty six he hung his jock on an […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: brain damage, college football, cte, football technique, high school, high school football, john urshcel, nfl football, Oregon, Tigard, Tigard Oregon

DEADSPIN’S ‘WHY YOUR TEAM SUCKS’ IS NO WAY TO LEARN ABOUT ARIZONA

August 16, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Arizona is a lovely place. A little warmer than most, but still worth a visit. Deadspin’s annual take down of every team in the NFL paints a different picture. It’s supposed to be funny and sports related, something the rest of the world finds confusing. Football isn’t a world sport like soccer, like basketball. […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: Arizona, arizona cardinals, boomerpdx, bright angel trail, california, cte, Dallas Cowboys, deadspin, emmitt smith, football, Grand Canyon, midwest, NFL, phoenix, SEC, sedona, snowbird, Texas

FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

August 9, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: baby boomer memories, Baby Boomers, better people, boomer brain, boomer memories, boomers, cte, daisy dukes, ED, education, facebook, failing memories, golden memories, history, hollywood pimp, hugh hefner, memories, must see tv, nostalgia, parenting, parents, Pledge of Allegiance, PTSD, punishment, school, victim

OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL MISSION

October 30, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Win The Game And Win The Hearts And Minds. Mostly The Minds. Oregon Duck football left Arizona with a triple overtime win last night. This is a team recognized in the past five years as a fashion trendsetter. Add two appearances in the college football finals, BCS and otherwise, and the Ducks come away looking […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: anti-concussion, anti-concussion technology, Boston, brain trauma, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, college football, cte, ESPN, fantasy draft, football, football factory, football helmets, head trauma, ivy league, manchurian candidate, miami dophins, mlb, NFL, NHL, Oregon, Oregon duck football, Oregon Ducks, riddell speedflex, ryan tannehill, tom brady, tony conigliaro

CTE SO FAR

September 22, 2015 by David Gillaspie

Watching the New York Jets and Indy Colts on Monday Night Football, one guided by a Harvard guy the other by a Stanford guy. Smart guys from smart schools playing a little football. What are they thinking? Ryan Fitzpatrick and Andrew Luck have got to know about CTE. They probably heard about it in college. […]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: brain damage, cte, football, Harvard, head injury, NFL, riddell, speedflex, sports, stanford